Nordic Cancer Union is thanked for funds for this project. Knud Juel, National Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark, is thanked for delivering Danish mortality data 1951-1969

We would like to recognize and acknowledge the work of past editors (Mats Talbäck and Åsa Klint previously at the Swedish Cancer Registry, Freddie Bray previously at the Norwegian Cancer Registry, Eero Pukkala still and Maarit Leinonen previously at the Finnish Cancer Registry, Marianne Gjerstorff and Maya C Milter previously at the Danish Cancer Registry, Flemming Stenz and Herik Trykker previously at the Greenlandic National Board of Health, Joannis E Køtlum previously at the Cancer Registry of the Faroe Islands and Rasmus Herzum-Larsen previously at the NORDCAN-secretariat) who were involved in the continuous development of the NORDCAN application.